Description: Universum01_05 1833 Meyer print CASTEL SANT'ANGELO & ST. PETER'S BASILICA, ROME, ITALY, #5 Nice print titled Pont et Chateau St. Ange, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, overall size is approx. 25.5 x 19 cm, approx. image size is 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Print was published in Germany in Meyer's Universum by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen. Castel Sant'Angelo also called Hadrianeum or Sepulcrum Antoninorum structure in Rome, Italy, that was originally the mausoleum of the Roman emperor Hadrian and became the burial place of the Antonine emperors until Caracalla. It was built in AD 135–139 and converted into a fortress in the 5th century. It stands on the right bank of the Tiber River and guards the Ponte Sant'Angelo, one of the principal ancient Roman bridges. In plan, the fort is a circle surrounded by a square; each corner of the square is protected by an individually designed barbican, or outwork, while the central circle is a lofty cylinder containing halls, chapels, apartments, courtyard, and prison cells. In 590 Pope Gregory the Great, conducting a penitential procession to pray for the end of a plague, had a vision of the archangel Michael sheathing his sword over the castle, signifying the end of the plague; from that incident came the structure's modern name and the marble statue of the archangel that surmounts the building. Throughout the Middle Ages the castle served as a refuge in times of trouble, especially for the popes, who could reach it from the Lateran through a protected passage. Clement VII took refuge there from the troops of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V during the sack of Rome in 1527. The papal apartments were substantially reconstructed for their residents, and they contain significant Renaissance decorative paintings; one lavishly decorated bedroom is attributed to Raphael. The popes used part of the castle as a prison, and eventually the building became a military barracks and prison. The military use ended in 1901, when the castle's restoration was begun. Part of it is now a museum of military history.
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Type: Print
Year of Production: 1833
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Style: Realism
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Print Type: Engraving
